Re: Argument

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 02:08:55 +0000

>>Because it simply isn't nasty. You're welcome to disagree, but it's
tedious to start long, lame threads based a humorous posting. That's part
of why we have so many stupid, lame threads in this newsgroup.<<

Greg,

Given that you are not British, I find it obtuse that you claim to know more
about what our slang means than we do.  I promise you, absolutely, that the
word ''wanker'' is most certainly a very nasty and unpleasant word.  It is not
a quaint word, it is not a nice word, and it is not a funny word, in British
slang.

If you walked up to me in a pub and called me a wanker I would, without a
seconds hesitation, smack you right around the head.  Anybody in Britain would.
 It is a nasty, unpleasant word when used here. Throwing it around in this room
is *just as bad* as using the F-word, or any number of other unpleasant words.
Sure, we ALL use them (well, maybe not Carol) when we are out with our mates
having a pint.  But in a public forum, its really very rude.

It is common for Americans to mistake British slang.  I must admit, being a
collector of American Comics, I've seen ''Wanker'' used in Hitman, Batman and a
couple of others.  It makes me laugh because they have obviously used it think,
like you do, that its a mild swear word.  This is an error.  The word is NOT a
mild swear word here.

Listen Greg, past differences aside, I KNOW you don't mean this seriously.  I
know that you think its a mild word.  I accept and fully appreciate that it was
meant to be a humorous comment.

BUT, please understand that to many British it is NOT a humorous comment and
that there are people here who find it offensive.

If you still don't care, then nobody can force you to care.  But whatever other
disagreements we've had in the past, you've never stuck me as somebody who
simply doesn't care about use of bad language and how offensive it might be.

Steve T.

References

Re: Argument
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 05 Apr 2001 23:10:02 +0000

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Re: Argument
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 05 Apr 2001 23:10:02 +0000